The Real-World Linguist - Linguistic Applications in the 1980s

This book contains 15 articles on applictions of linguistics to various adjacent academic and professional fields all authored by practicing theoretical linguists. Data, methods, and/or theories developed within linguistics are used to solve problems from different areas of study in which language science is needed. The applications range from more recognizable ones such as second language learning and animal communication to novel and unprecedented ones such as humor research, rhetoric and composition, lexicography, politics, American sign language, and undocumented history.

About the author

The late Peter C. Bjarkman was a widely recognized authority on Cuban baseball history and a frequent visitor to the island nation. A past winner of the The Sporting News-SABR and Macmillan-SABR awards for baseball research, in 2011 he appeared on the Cuba episode of the Travel Channel's No Reservations. He was the senior baseball writer for www.BaseballdeCuba.com, the leading Cuban League website.

Product details

• Authors: Peter C. Bjarkman, Peter C Bjarkman, Victor Raskin, Unknown, Victor Raskin
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1986
• EAN: 9780893913571
• ISBN: 978-0-89391-357-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Business: Business Communications